Topic > The Importance of Nursing Minimum Datasets - 1417

Each of the classifications involves distinct data components. The environmental category includes six data characteristics including unique unit/service identifier, nursing unit/service type, patient/client population, nursing facility volume and outcomes, patient accessibility/ customer and accreditation/certification/license. The nursing resources category includes staffing, satisfaction, nurse demographics by unit or service, clinical mental labor, environmental conditions, and electronic health record (EHR) implementation phases. The category of nursing resources is at the management level; Nurse administrators classify units and changes in employees and conditions associated with the delivery of care. This allows for measurements and evaluations of care and resources within and across settings (Myun Sook et al.,